Stage 2 Digital Technology
Digital Technologies transforms thinking, work, and daily life, driving discoveries and innovative problem-solving. This interdisciplinary subject connects students with innovations across diverse fields. Students develop practical solutions by analysing real-world data, addressing issues in business, industry, environment, and community with consideration for social, economic, environmental, scientific, and ethical impacts. Encouraged to innovate, students create digital solutions, refining through experimentation. They employ computational thinking to analyse data, test hypotheses, and design solutions, advancing skills in coding and project development within agile or iterative frameworks. Learning environments span physical, online, and simulated spaces, fostering initiative, collaboration, creativity, and communication through project- and inquiry-based learning.
Subject Type: Elective
Length: Full Year
SACE Credits: 20 Credits – Stage 2
Prerequisites: C for 1 Semester of Year 11 Digital Technology
Contact Person: daniel.engler@stcolumba.sa.edu.au
Further Reading: Subject description | Subject outline | Stage 2 - Digital Technologies - South Australian Certificate of Education (sace.sa.edu.au)
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Topic Overview
- Apply computational thinking skills to explore problems and possible solutions
- Develop and apply programming skills in creating digital solutions
- Analyse patterns and relationships in data sets and/or algorithms, and draw conclusions
- Develop and apply program‑design skills to create and evaluate digital solutions
- Research and discuss ethical considerations in digital technologies
- Work individually and collaboratively.
Assessment Overview
Assessment Type 1: Project Skills (50%)
- Research and Ethics (Individual) – Artificial Intelligence, Security/ Hacking, etc.
- Data Analytics (Collaborative) – Australian Marine Mammal Centre Database
- Reading Data from a CSV File (Individual)
- Iterative Project Development (Individual)
Assessment Type 2: Collaborative Project (20%)
- Collaborative Project – Digital Solution
Assessment Type 3: Individual Digital Solution (30%)
- Individual Digital Solution – Prototype & Development
- Designer’s Statement